Before Breakfast Choose a spot for spillover work
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Mar 16, 2026 Tips for choosing a preplanned spot for spillover work so busy weeks do not upend personal plans. Examples include evening hotel sessions, early mornings, and routine weekend windows like swim practice. Strategies for trading hours with co-parents and preserving family time are discussed. Emphasis on picking a spillover slot ahead to avoid last-minute cancellations and resentment.
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Pick A Preplanned Spillover Slot
- Choose a non-disruptive spillover slot in advance when work may overflow your regular hours.
- Laura planned a Thursday night hotel work session (8–10:30 p.m.) to preserve afternoon social time and avoid weekend family disruption.
Hotel Night Work To Save Weekend Family Time
- Laura describes doing multi-hour work in a hotel room Thursday night instead of working daytime and missing social time.
- She chose evening work (8–10:30 p.m.) because afternoons were spent with people in town and the weekend was full of kid activities.
Planning Spillover Reduces Resentment
- Choosing spillover times ahead prevents last-minute cancellations and resentment between work and personal life.
- Laura argues planning reduces conflict perception that work and relationships are inevitably at odds.